The Environmental Studies program at the University of Windsor provides an integrated, multidisciplinary, and systems-based approach to understanding human interactions with and influences on the natural, built, social, and organizational environments.
Earth’s environment is everything surrounding us – living and non-living. This includes not only the natural environment, but also built, social, and organizational human environments, as well as the relationships and interactions between these environments.
Incorporating aspects of science, social science, humanities, and arts, the program characterizes and analyzes complex human environment interactions and formulates effective ethical, political, and social strategies to address human impacts.
The Bachelor of Environmental Studies program blends diverse academic disciplines to create a one-of-a-kind learning experience. The program introduces students to the range of social, cultural, economic, political, legal, and ethical factors influencing human interaction with the environment. At the same time, students will gain literacy in aspects of the physical and biological sciences in order to better understand natural environmental processes.
Students will learn techniques for obtaining, analyzing, and interpreting environmental information, such as academic literature and public reports, statistics, case studies, and map data. They will get practice with many methods of environmental analysis, data visualization, and presentation, such as geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, aerial photography, cartography, cost-benefit analyses, environmental impact assessment, questionnaire design, and field measurement.
